Day in Pictures, March 28, 2014

By By Mike Moffitt

on March 28, 2014 12:42 PM

Photo: Ted S. Warren/Associated Press

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Caroline Kennedy is a southpaw and apparently a little wild: The U.S. ambassador to Japan
reacts after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Central League opening game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers in
Tokyo. less

Caroline Kennedy is a southpaw and apparently a little wild: The U.S. ambassador to Japan reacts after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Central League opening game between the Yomiuri ... more

Yes, dear. Whatever you say, dear: Hubert the henpecked lion gets an earful from his long-time mate, Kalisa, in their
new exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo. The big cats, both 15 years old, were acquired from the
Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. less

Yes, dear. Whatever you say, dear: Hubert the henpecked lion gets an earful from his long-time mate, Kalisa, in their new exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo. The big cats, both 15 years old, were acquired from ... more

All aboard lost: An Indian air force helicopter hovers over the site where an air force cargo plane crashed
during a training mission near the village of Karauli in Madhya Pradesh state. All five
crew members were killed. less

All aboard lost: An Indian air force helicopter hovers over the site where an air force cargo plane crashed during a training mission near the village of Karauli in Madhya Pradesh state. All five crew ... more

Photo: Associated Press

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Searching for the victims: A search-and-rescue worker carrying a probe wades through water covering Washington Highway
530 on the eastern edge of the massive mudslide in Oso, Wash.

Searching for the victims: A search-and-rescue worker carrying a probe wades through water covering Washington Highway 530 on the eastern edge of the massive mudslide in Oso, Wash.

Out of Africa: Sub-Saharan migrants climb over a barbed-wire fence dividing Morocco and the Spanish
enclave of Melilla. Officials said several hundred of the migrants tried to cross, but most
were turned back by security forces from both sides. A handful managed to
get across. less

Out of Africa: Sub-Saharan migrants climb over a barbed-wire fence dividing Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Officials said several hundred of the migrants tried to cross, but most were ... more

Photo: Santi Palacios, Associated Press

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I was hoping for a Mercedes! German Chancellor Angela Merkel examines a model of an old
Volkswagen van, a gift given her during an election campaign rally in Munich.

I was hoping for a Mercedes! German Chancellor Angela Merkel examines a model of an old Volkswagen van, a gift given her during an election campaign rally in Munich.

Photo: Christof Stache, AFP/Getty Images

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Catching up with Zia: After finding her weak, dehydrated and alone last October in a wheat field near Davenport, Wash., a deer hunter nursed little Zia the mountain lion back to health (right). She's filled out a bit since then. Zia now climbs the ledges of a mountain exhibit at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park in Carlbad, N.M. less

Catching up with Zia: After finding her weak, dehydrated and alone last October in a wheat field near Davenport, Wash., a deer hunter nursed little Zia the mountain lion back to health (right). She's filled out ... more

I don't care who I have to step over to get adopted: Two of the 10 stray dogs rescued from Sochi, Russia, during the Olympics by the Washington Animal Rescue League shelter meet the press in the nation's capital. The shelter is attempting to find homes for the canines, but the white one appears to be doing a good job of self-promotion on its own. less

I don't care who I have to step over to get adopted: Two of the 10 stray dogs rescued from Sochi, Russia, during the Olympics by the Washington Animal Rescue League shelter meet the press in the nation's ... more

Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images

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Moon over Manhattan: A crescent moon and Venus rise in the predawn hours over the east
side of Manhattan in this view over the reservoir in New York's Central Park.

Moon over Manhattan: A crescent moon and Venus rise in the predawn hours over the east side of Manhattan in this view over the reservoir in New York's Central Park.